Oil-burner.



Yr -N WILLIAM J.- REID, or DoBsoN, NORTH CAROLINA, AssIeNoR To w. EUGENE REID, or

\ DoBsoN, NORTH CAROLINA. i s

OIL-BURNER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed February 28, 1916. Serial No. 81,020.

oil heaters, one object of the invention being the provision of a burner, in which when the iiame is turned down, a pilot light from the wick is maintained, so that the slightest turning up of the wick will permit the flame to spread to the whole exposed portion of the wick, thus permitting an oil stove to be lighted at the pilot and remain lighted indefinitely, the turning down of the wick.'l not affecting the pilot.

A further object of this invention is a novel means, whereby from a distant point, the wick may be turned up, and the pilot permitted to feed flame to the exposed portion of the wick, thus producing an oil burner that is especially desirable for heating rooms at rising time without the occupant leaving his bed, and also for use in sleeping porches, sick rooms and the like.

. A still further object of this invention is the provision of an oil burner, which is simple in construction, and which is easily operated to convert the frame from a low or pilot flame to a full blast flame.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cooking oil burning stove provided with a manually operated and time controlled wick turning device.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of an alarm clock employed in connection with my device.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the chain adjusting device whereby the height to which the wick is raised and the consequent height of ame is regulated.

It is proposed to provide a very practical device whereby a pilot light in an oil burner may be maintained,and a pulling attachment is also provided by which the wick may be turned up without an occupant of a bed leaving such bed, thus making the present oil burner especially desirable for heating dressing rooms, bath rooms, and the like. Referring to the drawings the numeral 28 designates an oil heater or stove body of conventional construction which is provided with ya series of similarly constructed slidable wick carriers (not shown) of the type which can be raised and lowered by turning the `wick stems 29. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that a pilot light is left burning in the wick, in any desirable manner, forming no part of my present invention so that upon raising the wick the pilot-light becomes a fiame.

The'winding arbor 23 of the alarm clock 24, has connected thereto the chain 13. Thus, by connectingthe chain 13 so as to rotate the stems 29 as will be described,

when thel alarm is released at the predetermined time, the arbor 23 will rotate and wind the chain 13 thereon, and thus turn up the wick, as heretofore set forth. The clock in this instance, is mountedupon a stand 25, whichis connected as at 26, with the hook and eye connection 27, so that the clock and stand may be moved out of the way.

The cooking stove28 is shown provided with the present invention. The two disks 10 are secured to the outer ends of the stems 29', each of these disks being formed with a series of circumferentially-disposed openings 30 any of which is adapted to be connected by the chain 13', while the end 29 of the chain is connected to the eye-bolt 30, which is adjustably mounted in the guide members 31 and the threaded support 32. An integral ring 31 is formed on the eye bolt 30, and a series of short chains 32 are secured at one end to certain of the openings 30 of the disks 10 and serve as cranks for turning the latter, while at their opposite ends they are secured to the chain 13. lit will be seen the said eye bolt allows the disks to have a varied cycle of rotation. By this means also the slack of the chain at this end may be regulated so that the disks 10, may be rotated any predetermined distance, and thus regulate to an -exactness the height to which the wick is moved. The other end of the chain is connected to the winding arbor 23 of the alarm clock 24 as heretofore set forth.

Thus it will be seen that the wicks may be turned up either manually or automatically, or it may be turned down by connecting the chain 13 to the upper periphery of the disk 10', as shown in dotted line 33.

What I claim as new is In a device of the kind described, in combination, a stove body, a plurality of slidable wick carriers, stems for operating said wick carriers projecting from said body, disks secured to the outer ends of said stems, each of said disks being formed with a series of circumferentially disposed openings, guide members projecting outwardly from said Stove body, an eye bolt adjustably threaded in one of said members and having an integral ring, a series of short chains secured at one end to openings of said disks and serving as cranks for turning the latter, a longer chain secured at one end to said ring of said eye bolt, said short chains being secured to said longer chain, and means connected to the opposite end of said longer chain for periodically operating said shorter chains, said eye bolt allowing said disks to have a Varied cycle of rotation.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature.

' WILLIAM J. REID.

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